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increased or diminished, accordingly, by a sum representing 5% of the basic salary, in each case, of the Officers concerned.
The date of introduction of the new rates of
Cost of Living Allowances.
A brief printed summary of the new conditions of service, arising out of the Salarios Commission's report and finally approved by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, was circulated to Government servants by the Establishment Office of the Colonial Secretariat. In paragraph 35 of this publication it was stated that the temporary scales for cost of living allowances would be subject to revision on a date not later than let July, 1948. As this Committoo has undertaken the first review of allowances since this publication was issued it considers that its recomenda- tions should apply retrospectively to 1st July, 1948, in fulfilment of this pledge given by Government, The detailed application of this principle is, we consider, a matter for Government.
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We accordingly recommend
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"that the revised scales of cost of living allowances
now recommended be granted retrospectively as from 1st July, 1946. "
Other relevant matters.
(i) Percentage differentiation in accordance with
marital status.
We endorse the Salaries Commission's recommendations as to the manner in which allowances should be graded, and we recommend
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"that the revised rates of allowances should be
paid as follows:
100% thereof to married men with dependent children. (all our calculations in Appendix B
are on this basis
80% to married men without children.
60% to bachelors and female employees.
(ii) Payment of allowances on lcave.
We make no recommend.tion on this subject, since we understand that it has been cxcluded from our terms of reference.
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Summary of Recommendations.
We summarise our recommendations as follows:
Terms of Reference
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2.
Recommendation
That the present rates of cost of living allowance are inadequate and therefore unsuitable as base rates in which variations should be cffectcä as a result of quarterly roviews.
That the rates of cost of living allowance be rovised to accord with the raics as set forth in Appendix B of this Report.
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